I was modifying this one:
/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache
Will look at the other location you posted and give it a shot. Thanks!
Update:
There was no ‘inode/directory’ line in the mimeapps.list config. I was looking for this line specifically from my mimeinfo.cache looked like the following:
inode/directory=codium.desktop;org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop;ranger.desktop;